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This module is one of a ten part series by Kevin Williams, produced by PaTTAN. Visual organization and structure helps all beings to more readily see organization, sequence and outcomes. Therefore, it is by no accident that visual languages use space to help categorize information all kinds of information. This workshop will focus on how instructional design uses space during teaching and how we, as educational interpreters, can replicate these spatial templates (as well as create our own) while interpreting.

Mini-Module 4: Using Cadence in Sign Language - Cause, Clause, Pause

This module is one of a ten part series by Kevin Williams, produced by PaTTAN. Language is a set of patterns and at the syntax (or sentence level), language is built on the clause level. Some clauses are independent while others are dependent on other surrounding clause for conveying intent. This workshop will focus on the analysis of classroom discourse in order to gain better ‘rhythm” predication skills while building educational interpretations, and reduce the number of ‘moving violations’ we create while interpreting.

Mini-Module 3: Putting On a Good Face: Use of Mouthing for Adverbs/Adjectives and English

This module is one of a ten part series by Kevin Williams, produced by PaTTAN. During sign language learning, a great deal of focus is errantly directed towards the hands only, viewing other parts of the body as ‘extras’ or unnecessary embellishments. The fact of the matter is, that for signing to be grammatical, it is not an either/or situation (meaning face or hands), but it is both! This training will focus on the use of, primarily, the lower portion of the face, the portion used for lexical purposes.

Mini-Module 2: Eye/Head Engagement While Interpreting - Putting on a Good Face

This module is one of a ten part series with Kevin Williams, produced by PaTTAN. For many students learning sign language, significant attention is place on learning hand-shapes and movements. However, in sign language, signs do not function in some obscure, separate visual realm. Thus, use of eye gaze, eye-brow movement and head movement are critical grammatical features of any form of sign language. This workshop will focus on learning about these grammatical non-manual markers and use of these non-manual behaviors while interpreting.

Mini-Module 1: Prosody - It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing

This module is one of a ten part series with Kevin Williams, produced by PaTTAN. Our ability to think as well as to acquire and learn language is largely dependent on patterns, contrasts and constraints. Much like being adrift on a vast ocean, language, without these features, causes listeners to be awash in a sea of confusion, until some form ‘life ring’ is made available to use to take us to firmer foundation. This workshop will focus on prosodic features of language which provide such critical information.

Mini-Module 5: Nothing Worse Than Unreasonable Verbs!

This module is one of a ten part series by Kevin Willams, produced by PaTTAN. Verbs, by nature of visual languages, work to ‘lace’ subject/object information together, binding individual lexical items (words) into comprehensible thought. This workshop will look at the various forms of verb activity associated with natural sign languages as well as what types of verbs can be modified (inflected) to show more visually comprehensible meaning.

Monitoring ELLs Progress in ESL Instruction in a Multi-Tiered System of Support

This webinar will present how to effectively use formative assessment tools, the WIDA Speaking and Writing Rubrics and Model Performance Indicators (MPIs) to monitor ELLs’ progress in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.